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1869, 24¢ green & violet (Scott 120), black cork cancel, huge balanced margins, lovely colors, crisp impression, choice used example, Extremely Fine, with 1980 P.F. certificate. Scott $600 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
1869, 24¢ green & violet (Scott 120), red and light black cancels, large margins all around, excellent colors and impression, unobtrusive cancels, choice used example; tiny perf crease not mentioned on accompanying certificate, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,100 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
1869, 24¢ green & violet (Scott 120), pristine paper sporting bright colors in perfect registration; nicely balanced margins and lightly cancelled; one nibbed perforation at left, still Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a pretty stamp, with 2018 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $600 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1869, 24¢ green & violet, without grill (Scott 120a), black cancel, scarce variety, nicely centered, strong colors, interesting item; tiny corner perforation crease, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, unpriced in used condition in Scott, with 2017 P.F. certificate with "no discernible grill". Scott $15,000 as unused Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
1869, 30¢ Burgoyne essay, in blue (Scott 121-E1l), die on pink bond, measuring 47mm x 38mm, hinge remnants, Very Fine. Brazer 121E-Cg. Scott $600 Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
1869, 30¢ blue & carmine, plate proof on India (Scott 121P3), bottom margin block of 10 with imprint, beautiful striking color, great position piece; small hinge thins on three top stamps, Extremely Fine centering. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), unused without gum, a breathtaking stamp with sensational, bright colors, flawless registration, and solid margins of pure white paper, Very Fine, ex Ward/Christies, with 1985 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,450 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), regummed, with strong colors in perfect registration on fresh paper; margins nicely balanced; reperforated at top and right, otherwise Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a pretty stamp, with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,450 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), Post Office fresh with vibrant colors and a light cancel, all near-perfectly centered with generous margins, Extremely Fine, with 2017 P.F. certificate graded XF 90. SMQ XF 90; $1,300. Scott $375 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), with deep colors in perfect registration; paper fresh with large to oversized margins, plus a cancel that leaves the design fully visible; reperforated and corner perf tip crease, none of which are mentioned on the accompanying certificate, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $375 Suggested Bid $800-1,200 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), a striking example of this iconic stamp, flawlessly centered and in soft colors, with vertical pre-printing wrinkle and a French anchor in lozenge of dots cancel; repaired pinhole at bottom right; light horizontal crease at center, Extremely Fine to Superb appearance, a lovely item, this French maritime marking is a highly prized cancel to be found on a higher denomination 1869 Pictorial, with 1991 P.F. certificate. Scott $400 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), bright and clean, with red cancel and matching partial transit at lower left; tall stamp with gargantuan margin at bottom; shorter perf along top, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $625 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), clear colors perfectly centered on fresh paper; few tiny imperfections, not mentioned on accompanying certificate, Extremely Fine appearance, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $400 Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (Scott 121), block of 4, a remarkable item, with clean colors and paper (especially for having gone through the mails), with black and red cancels hiding only the eagle's claws; top left stamp with small crease at bottom, others with light creases, otherwise Fine, a scarce multiple of this high denomination, with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott $3,750 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine, flags inverted (Scott 121b), neat quartered cork cancel, exceptionally strong colors for this issue, with intense carmine and ultramarine on contrasting bright white paper; short corner perforation at upper left, completely sound in every other respect, Very Fine to Extremely Fine and rare, with only about 40 known examples, three of which are sound, this places nicely as one of the top examples from this historic rarity—by far the rarest of the 1869 inverts, ex- Lafayette, with "fault-free" 1991 P.F. certificate,
This was last offered as lot #1340 by Matthew Bennett on May 2, 2003, where it realized $37,500 vs. a catalog value of $70,000. It previously realized $22,000 vs. a $23,500 catalog value in the 1976 Siegel Rarities of the World Sale and is listed in the Siegel census as #121b-CAN-36 . Scott $90,000 Suggested Bid $40,000-50,000 (Image)
1869, 90¢ carmine & black, plate proof on India (Scott 122P3), top margin plate number strip of 3, mounted on card, scarce position piece, Extremely Fine. Scott $540 as singles Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
1869, 90¢ carmine & black (Scott 122), the one you've all been waiting for, Post Office fresh with luxuriant colors perfectly registered on large-margined pristine paper, Extremely Fine, a real stunner, with 2004 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)
1869, 90¢ carmine & black (Scott 122), bright and fresh, with precise registration of colors and centering well superior to that normally encountered; lightly struck Maltese Cross gancy cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a grand Lincoln, with 2020 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
1869, 90¢ carmine & black (Scott 122), flawlessly printed and centered in crisp, clean colors; light cancel mostly face-free; small sealed tear above "S" of "POSTAGE", Extremely Fine appearance, with 2020 Crowe certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)